hai there

Recently i bought a secondhand Powerbook G4 1,67 Ghz: i knew it was in a bad state. the screen did not work, it had no HD, no sound. But on an external monitor i saw that the powerbook was working. Well, nice so far. But after 5 minutes or so it suddenly stopped and went to sleep. I think it is a fan problem, and indeed: they did not work. (it could also be a DC-In/Sound board prob of course....)

My question: is there a way to test the fans e.g. by hooking em up to an AAA battery or something like that, and which of the four wires should i connect to that battery?

Anybody out there who has experienced something like this. Any help is appreciated.

Luuk Sollie, The Netherlands

(parts for a powerbook are hard to get here..)

[quote|Luuk]hai there Recently i bought a secondhand Powerbook G4 1,67 Ghz: i knew it was in a bad state. the screen did not work, it had no HD, no sound. But on an external monitor i saw that the powerbook was working. Well, nice so far. But after 5 minutes or so it suddenly stopped and went to sleep. I think it is a fan problem, and indeed: they did not work. (it could also be a DC-In/Sound board prob of course....) My question: is there a way to test the fans e.g. by hooking em up to an AAA battery or something like that, and which of the four wires should i connect to that battery? Anybody out there who has experienced something like this. Any help is appreciated. Luuk Sollie, The Netherlands (parts for a powerbook are hard to get here..)[/quote]